The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-04-27
A FUNNEL-sHAPED TwIsrER
Makes a Descent Seven Miles Northwest
of Prescott, Kansas.

KANSAS CITY. April 23.-In the lower part of
Linn County, Kansas, regular funnel-shaped
twister made descent about O'Clock, seven
miles northwest of Prescott Every farm house
in the path Of the storm was demolished, and
every house in Prescott was ruined. Four miles
from Prescott, Mr.. Flinn's fine residence was
mashed fiat and Mrs. Finn and three small
children were injured and two visitors danger.
ously hurt. Jacob Brock and wife and one son,
William McPold and wife and child, also in this
vicinity, were fatally injured.
A few miles from this scene W. s. Bogart, Mrs,
NJ. o Dell, Mr.. Hogan, wife and two children
had taken refuge in storm cellar, when eight
COWS fell on them through the roof and all were
severely hurt William Browningburg's family
found refuge in a storm cave, while 5000
house was scattered over the fields.
Ten miles northwest of Prescott, Mrs. Sarah
Crane was killed and the family injured by the
crushing of the house.
In a distance of twenty-three miles only one
house is known to have stood the storm.
H. C. Trip, of Kansas City, was standing in
the doorway of ManIove Brothers grocery store,
in Prescott, when the building was destroyed,
and he was killed. The few buildings left stand
ing in Prescott are stuck full of timbers. G.. r.
Underwood's residence, the Baptist and Meth
odist churches, W. H. Rillingslys harness store,
Perkinss meat market and the Prescott House
are among the buildings that were destroyed.
Nearly every house at Miami Junction, i've
miles north of Prescott, was blown down and
several persons injured.
Seventeen persons are known to have been
killed in Linn County, and about fifty were
seriously wounded.
From Burbon County. Kansas, reports are
coming in slowly of terrible devastation. d. J..
Fields farm was swept clear of buildings and
live stock. Near by the Mills family was nearly
exterminated, two children and father aud
mother being killed, and a niece and child
were found barely alive, but will recover. The
stone residence of Samuel Coles was razed to the
ground.
In Anderson County the cyclone badly dam.
aged the town Of Colony.
At Blue Mound, a town OF 900 inhabitants,
twenty houses were wrecked and two persons
killed. Joseph Duncan's house was hurled
away in the midst of wedding ceremony, but
the party found refuge in the cellar, and es-
capped injury.
special from Greenville, Miss, says that
section of the country visited by terrible
thunder storm, followed by heavy hail that
killed live stock and injured many colored per-
sons in Bolivar County. The town of Hunting
ton was nearly demolished; new hotel, Rob-
ertson's store and dwelling. Worick's hotel,
Remuts dwelling, Benson's residence and sew
eral negro cabins were wrecked and the debris
blown several hundred yards from their former
site. No one was injured. The damage will ex-
coed So, 600
Reports from Blossom Prairie, Texas, says a
cyclone there yesterday destroyed the dwellings
of B. Ssuslng and T. NJ. Harrawsy and the
stores of Bowen q Sausing, Thomas Moody &
Co., d. L. Byrn & Co., Hancock & Byrn, Brant-
leys, T, NJ. Harrawsy, Norwood & Co., Coils gin
and planning mill and the hall of the Knights OF
Honor.